John W. Smith

As printed in 1890

OHN W. SMITH, the President of the Mapleton Bank, came to that village in August, 1878, and engaged in dealing in stock which ' business he still carries on. He became associated with the direction of the bank, April I, 1884, and was chosen its president in 1886. He is one of the large landholders of the county, owning some twenty-six hundred and forty acres, and is one of the leading business men of the community in which he makes his home.

Mr. Smith was born in Jackson County, Iowa, August 7, 1852, and is the son of A. C. and Martha (Hawkins) Smith. Ilis father, a native of Nashville, Tenn., located at Galena, Jo Daviess County, In., in a very early day, and was there engaged in lead mining. From there he went to Jackson County, Iowa, among its first settlers, and took up land under the pre-emption law. In the latter locality he was married to Miss Martha Hawkins, a native of Pennsylvania, and there made his home until 1867, at which date he removed to Clinton

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Mr. Smith was united in iiiarringe.January 28. 1877, to Miss Chloe M. llart, a n.ative of Clinton County, Iowa, and is a parent of three children: Edna Belle, who w.is born March 10, 1870; Stella, March 28, 1882; and Clotilde, January 28, 1885.

Mrs. Smith is an active member of the Baptist Church of Maplcton.and a sincere Christian woman. Mr. Smith is a member of the <harry Lodge, No. 404. A. F. & A. M., of Mapleton, and at one time filled the position of secretary of the Maple Valley Driving Park Association, of which he was a leading member and originator.

As printed in History of Monona County, Iowa; containing full-page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the Gove (1890). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.